Word: bellah
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...According to former John Reed President Robert Bellah '48, most students attended Eisler's lectures out of curiosity and because he was a notorious national figure--not because they shared his political views...
...Bellah says that non-Communists in the student body and Faculty were usually ambivalent toward the John Reed Club. He adds, however, that the administration tried to influence his organization...
...There was quite a bit of pressure on us not to invite speakers who would embarrass the University," Bellah says, adding that the pressure never came from Conant himself...
Although Swidler says Bellah "had opportunities to go back even when they wanted him," Sagan suggests that Bellah's decision was based mostly on the desirability of the Berkeley post...
...Bellah is married and has four children and still lives in Berkeley...